This book provides information about configuring and managing
the IP Network Multipathing component installed in your Solaris operating
environment. IP Network Multipathing provides your system with recovery from
single-point failures with network adaptors and increased traffic throughput.
If a failure occurs in the network adaptor, and if you have an alternate
adaptor connected to the same IP link, the system switches all the network
accesses automatically from the failed adaptor to the alternate adaptor. This
process ensures uninterrupted access to the network. Also, when you have
multiple network adaptors connected to the same IP link, you achieve increased
traffic throughput by spreading the traffic across multiple network adaptors.
This book also provides step-by-step procedures useful to system administrators
to increase network reliability.

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